Milk scandal 'under control' - Chinese official

BEIJING : China has brought a tainted milk scandal in which thousands of children fell ill with kidney stones under control, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Xiang Yuzhang, the national quality watchdog's chief inspection official, told reporters that consumers could now rest easy after a widespread recall of tainted products and increased testing of dairy goods.

"The Chinese government has taken a series of very strong measures to get to the bottom of this matter," Xiang said on the sidelines of a food safety conference in Beijing.

"I have just returned from an inspection trip to the regions. At present, there is basically no melamine problem anymore in the Chinese market, including for producers...

"There is no problem. It has been brought under control, more or less.

Wednesday, REUTERS